Emerging infectious diseases, 2009-11, Vol.15 (11), p.1844-1846
2009
Details
- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Dirofilaria repens infection and concomitant meningoencephalitis
- Ist Teil von
- Emerging infectious diseases, 2009-11, Vol.15 (11), p.1844-1846
- Ort / Verlag
- United States: U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2009
- Link zum Volltext
- Quelle
- EZB Electronic Journals Library
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- Dirofilaria repens, a filarial nematode of dogs and other carnivores, can accidentally infect humans. Clinical symptoms are usually restricted to a subcutaneous nodule containing a single infertile parasite. Here, we report a case of D. repens infection with a subcutaneous gravid worm and the patient's concomitant meningoencephalitis and aphasia.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 1080-6040eISSN: 1080-6059DOI: 10.3201/eid1511.090936Titel-ID: cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_5f25823ef8f34d5d88546adf780bc0b3
- Format
- –
- Schlagworte
- Animals, Aphasia - etiology, Aphasia - parasitology, Care and treatment, Communicable Diseases, Emerging - epidemiology, Communicable Diseases, Emerging - parasitology, cutaneous nodule, Diagnosis, Dirofilaria - classification, Dirofilaria - genetics, Dirofilaria - isolation & purification, Dirofilaria repens, Dirofilariasis, Dirofilariasis - complications, Dirofilariasis - epidemiology, Dirofilariasis - parasitology, Disease transmission, Dispatch, Distribution, Dogs, Germany - epidemiology, Health aspects, Humans, India - ethnology, Male, Meningoencephalitis, Meningoencephalitis - epidemiology, Meningoencephalitis - etiology, Meningoencephalitis - parasitology, microfilaria, Microfilariae - isolation & purification, Middle Aged, Molecular Sequence Data, Nematoda, parasites, Prevention, Risk factors, Sri Lanka - ethnology, Travel